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Why so much hate for Carmelo?

In closely following this forum, in almost EVERY thread someone bashes Carmelo, often multiple people, and I just can't wrap my mind around why. So many people are avid Lin supporters. Don't get me wrong, I love Lin and appreciate the Linsanity stretch he had in which he carried us, but if you're going to jump on a guy's bandwagon because he led us for a few weeks when Melo and Amare were hurt, why bash and blame Melo for all of our problems when he carried us in crunch time when Lin and Amare were hurt to get us into the playoffs. He bought in and played defense, which is what we all begged of him. He shared the ball, even gave more of an effort on the boards. He was the best player in the league for the last month, when we needed it most to make the playoffs. He made his teammates better and created for them, Novak can't create his own shot and we didn't have a true PG, who do you think got him open shots? Melo's triple-double against Boston was a fantastic and clutch performance. I'm just baffled as to why so many people blame and hate our team's best player, especially at a time where he's shown such commitment. Losing weight, working hard and saying all the right things. "It's my time, no more excuses" If anything we should be rallying around Carmelo at this point, because he seems to be in for quite a season and it's something we should all be excited for.

I agree, he needs to win. But my problem is that Lin hasn't won anything either. Melo is now doing what it takes to win and it seems everyone is ignoring that. He can't do it alone. When Lin was working out people were saying "Oh good look at his work ethic" Melo is on a GRIND this offseason and still being bashed. At least give him a chance to screw up before pitting him as the root of all Knick evils

I agree, he needs to win. But my problem is that Lin hasn't won anything either. Melo is now doing what it takes to win and it seems everyone is ignoring that. He can't do it alone. When Lin was working out people were saying "Oh good look at his work ethic" Melo is on a GRIND this offseason and still being bashed. At least give him a chance to screw up before pitting him as the root of all Knick evils

Hmmmm let's see: Carmelo Anthony legit superstar by all accounts and leading USA team being praised by coach K as one of the best. But on KO.Com many members call him "fat and lazy.". Hmmmmm. Did I mention Carmelo is of African decent? Meanwhile enter Jeremy Lin: unproven rookie of Asian decent who played in 25 games, than skipped the end of the season and the "playoff", albeit due to injury, is praised for his "work ethic????". Hmmm: Can you say double-standard? I better not say anymore because with our current mod-squad I am getting banned for this post

It's pretty obvious why people hate Carmelo. A lot of people hate watching Isolation basketball, and his lazy defense even though he has the ability to lock down people.

I think Melo is a great player that currently doesn't fit this team. He would make any defensive team with trouble scoring contenders like the Sixers. I agree that Lin fits more with Amare and Chandler so if we get rid of Lin, we might as well start finding ways to dump Amare as well.

Hmmmm let's see: Carmelo Anthony legit superstar by all accounts and leading USA team being praised by coach K as one of the best. But on KO.Com many members call him "fat and lazy.". Hmmmmm. Did I mention Carmelo is of African decent? Meanwhile enter Jeremy Lin: unproven rookie of Asian decent who played in 25 games, than skipped the end of the season and the "playoff", albeit due to injury, is praised for his "work ethic????". Hmmm: Can you say double-standard? I better not say anymore because with our current mod-squad I am getting banned for this post

You won't get banned, Jim. It's a shame that you have to pull the card so often, but we all have our little obsessions, I suppose.

Rady will make the call on any ban. If I can speak on his behalf, I'm sure he'd prefer that you leave any racially fueled frustration/assumptions/whatever for boards where it's actually relevant in some way. Provocation on the internet really isn't very cool.

Hmmmm let's see: Carmelo Anthony legit superstar by all accounts and leading USA team being praised by coach K as one of the best. But on KO.Com many members call him "fat and lazy.". Hmmmmm. Did I mention Carmelo is of African decent? Meanwhile enter Jeremy Lin: unproven rookie of Asian decent who played in 25 games, than skipped the end of the season and the "playoff", albeit due to injury, is praised for his "work ethic????". Hmmm: Can you say double-standard? I better not say anymore because with our current mod-squad I am getting banned for this post

I don't agree that the problem is racial. But if you take the race card claims out then you have a very valid argument and my sentiments exactly.

Hmmmm let's see: Carmelo Anthony legit superstar by all accounts and leading USA team being praised by coach K as one of the best. But on KO.Com many members call him "fat and lazy.". Hmmmmm. Did I mention Carmelo is of African decent? Meanwhile enter Jeremy Lin: unproven rookie of Asian decent who played in 25 games, than skipped the end of the season and the "playoff", albeit due to injury, is praised for his "work ethic????". Hmmm: Can you say double-standard? I better not say anymore because with our current mod-squad I am getting banned for this post

Yes, it's totally about race. It's not because Carmelo is getting paid the max salary, it's not because Carmelo went on and on about how NY was the best place for him, it's not because Carmelo forced a trade to NY, it's not about how Carmelo made NY give up pieces to get him because he wanted his extra 5 million dollars, and it's not about the fact that Carmelo was visibly out of shape during the season. And what the Knicks fans were saying about Lin? It's not because he worked his way to the league when nobody gave him a chance, it's not because he's shown dedication to constantly improving his skillset on the court, it's not because he's a humble guy who's always looking for ways to get better, it's not because he was the first at practice and the last to leave even when he was sitting in D'Antoni's doghouse...

No, it's all about the color of their skin, right? How disgusting of you to say.

Melo's no superstar. He's the most versataile scorer in the league. You can't consider anyone a superstar who can only dominate one side of the court.

What do you mean? He played above average-good defense ever since Woodson became the coach. Seeing that Woodson is still the coach I don't see that being a problem. So by your argument, you are basically saying that Dirk isn't a superstar? Kevin Durant isn't a superstar either I guess, because he's not known for his defense. Let's throw Deron Williams into that pile of non-superstars too, his defense isn't dominant either. My point is, that is an invalid argument. A superstar is a superstar you've got to call it like you see it. Everyone else league wide acknowledges that Melo is a superstar, why can't Knicks fans?

Yes, it's totally about race. It's not because Carmelo is getting paid the max salary, it's not because Carmelo went on and on about how NY was the best place for him, it's not because Carmelo forced a trade to NY, it's not about how Carmelo made NY give up pieces to get him because he wanted his extra 5 million dollars, and it's not about the fact that Carmelo was visibly out of shape during the season. And what the Knicks fans were saying about Lin? It's not because he worked his way to the league when nobody gave him a chance, it's not because he's shown dedication to constantly improving his skillset on the court, it's not because he's a humble guy who's always looking for ways to get better, it's not because he was the first at practice and the last to leave even when he was sitting in D'Antoni's doghouse...

No, it's all about the color of their skin, right? How disgusting of you to say.

Dirk and and Durant statistically are more efficient than Melo on offense. Dirk is nice but he's no superstar. The Mavs are also gonna fall way off this year just watch. Durant is kinda like Tmac back in the day, but that team is perfectly constructed.

Like i said depending how your team is constructed i'll take Melo. On a defense first team where he can free style on offense...he can possibly win a chip. He's not a good fit with Amare.